Hidden Lives Revealed. A virtual archive - children in care 1881-1981 * Image of handwritten text

The streets where they lived

This section has 20 photographs of slum areas in cities and of poor children.
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Girls all dressed up in a city street

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Title: Girls all dressed up in a city street
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Children outside a shop

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Title: Children outside a shop
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A few 'waifs'

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Title: A few 'waifs'
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View of Angel Court, the Strand

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Title: View of Angel Court, the Strand
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An East End street

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Title: An East End street
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Little Britain Street

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Title: Little Britain Street
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Read a poem inspired by this photograph, from the Young Cultural Creators project

Barefoot boy

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Title: Barefoot boy
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Type of street from which our children are taken

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Title: Type of street from which our children are taken
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Children playing in the street

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Title: Children playing in the street
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The byways of poverty

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Title: The byway of poverty
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